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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The National Agricultural Library has a job opportunity for a Supervisory</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">Librarian, Associate Director for the Data Production Division. The job</span><br>
<span style="background:white">opportunity is open from Tuesday, August 27, 2019 through Tuesday, September</span><br>
<span style="background:white">10, 2019. [</span></span><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/543897500"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0090E9;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/543897500</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">]</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
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<span style="background:white">The position is open to: current permanent Federal employees with competitive</span><br>
<span style="background:white">status, Land Management Workforce, Flexibility Act, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP and VEOA</span><br>
<span style="background:white">eligible; Farm Service Agency permanent county employees; reinstatement</span><br>
<span style="background:white">eligible; individuals with disabilities; certain military spouses; 30% or more</span><br>
<span style="background:white">disabled veterans; former Peace Corps or VISTA volunteers; and those eligible</span><br>
<span style="background:white">for other Special Hiring Authorities.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">This position is located at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville,</span><br>
<span style="background:white">MD. The Supervisory Librarian serves as the Associate Director (AD) for the</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Data Production Division, providing administrative and management oversight</span><br>
<span style="background:white">for 3 branches. The AD develops and implements industry standards and leads</span><br>
<span style="background:white">efforts to infuse innovation into division functions - ranging from automation</span><br>
<span style="background:white">to artificial intelligence and natural language processing - to improve</span><br>
<span style="background:white">customer satisfaction and quality assurance. The Associate Director is a</span><br>
<span style="background:white">member of the Library’s Executive Leadership Team.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Major duties include but are not limited to:</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Participates in strategic planning and establishes policies, programs,</span><br>
<span style="background:white">plans and budgets for the National Agricultural Library (NAL), serving as a</span><br>
<span style="background:white">member of the executive leadership team</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Collaborates with experts and key officials from government, academic</span><br>
<span style="background:white">institutions, private research foundations, and scientific organizations to</span><br>
<span style="background:white">create and manage agricultural and information sciences programs</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Oversees the acquisition and processing of materials in agriculture</span><br>
<span style="background:white">and related disciplines, the creation of bibliographic metadata, the</span><br>
<span style="background:white">production and development of NAL's Catalog Database and Thesaurus, and the</span><br>
<span style="background:white">digitization of physical collections</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Reviews and evaluates program operations and budget accountability to</span><br>
<span style="background:white">ensure goals and objectives are being met; plans, schedules and sets</span><br>
<span style="background:white">priorities for the Division</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Serves as both a first and second level supervisor of staff,</span><br>
<span style="background:white">responsible for filling vacancies, delegating tasks, providing training,</span><br>
<span style="background:white">evaluating performance, and motivating and guiding employees</span><br>
<span style="background:white">• Ensures the continuous availability, integrity and security of NAL's</span><br>
<span style="background:white">physical, electronic and special collections</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Occasional travel is expected. Relocation expenses may be authorized.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Please direct questions to:</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Faisa Mohallim</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Telephone: 703-259-9477</span><br>
<span style="background:white">E-mail: faisa.mohallim@usda.gov</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. We also request that you</span><br>
<span style="background:white">share this announcement with other potential candidates.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Please excuse any cross-postings.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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